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Read more at: How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch

Image taken from the book cover for How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch

How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch

Cavendish particle physicist Harry Cliff discusses his first popular science book, which has just been published by Picador in the UK and Doubleday in the USA. I wanted to find an accessible hook that would help guide readers through what can be rather challenging concepts from particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology...

Read more at: Heavy Parachutes, Branching Light and Rolling Pasta…

Experimental Images of Branched Flow of Light Waves

Heavy Parachutes, Branching Light and Rolling Pasta…

Earlier this month, the Cambridge students team representing the UK and led by Yansheng Zhang (2nd year Nat Sci, Trinity College) competed in the 13th IPT, finishing in 7 th place among the 12 international team.

Read more at: Meet our PhDs- Simone Eizagirre Barker, winner of the SPIE D.J. Lovell Scholarship

Simone Eizagirre Barker in the lab at the Cavendish

Meet our PhDs- Simone Eizagirre Barker, winner of the SPIE D.J. Lovell Scholarship

Cavendish PhD student Simone Eizagirre Barker has been awarded the D.J. Lovell Scholarship by SPIE , the international society for optics and photonics, for her potential contributions to the field. We’ve caught up with Simone who tells us more about her journey into physics, her student life at the Cavendish, and what this award means to her.